[afnog] Decreasing Access Time to Root Servers DNS by Running One on Loopback

[Mark Tinka]

On 27/Nov/15 09:13, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:

>
> …just don’t forget the note lower down in the rfc that says:
>
> “   It is important to note that the design being described here is not
>    considered a "best practice".  In fact, many people feel that it is
>    an excessively risky practice because it introduces a new operational
>    piece to local DNS operations where there was not one before.  “

Needless to say, there is reasonable peering of root name servers
globally, including within Africa.

I suppose the question is - what is "longer-than-desired round-trip times"?

Mark.